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Re:“My Octopus Teacher” defied convention by dllthomas on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:35PM (#26836833)
One reason is that we can communicate with (most) other humans to establish the shared boundary in a way we cannot (as reliably?) with other life.

I make no particular claim here as to how this reason should be weighed against the various other reasons pulling in the various directions.

Re:“My Octopus Teacher” defied convention by Falling3 on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:12PM (#26837896)
How is that actually relevant though? Do your morals change when it comes to humans you cannot communicate with?
Re:“My Octopus Teacher” defied convention by dllthomas on Friday April 23, 2021 @02:31PM (#26917660)
One of the things "morals" is is a negotiation with society about what should be construed as blameworthy. Potential participants in that negotiation may have different treatment without, as you said, it "rest[ing] completely on logical fallacies," which is why I brought it up.

I am not saying this makes up the entirety of my moral system, and I am explicitly (here) saying that a naive application does not.

Re:“My Octopus Teacher” defied convention by mvid on Monday April 19, 2021 @02:43AM (#26859731)
Historically, that seems pretty common